Good evening from headquarters in new york. Breaking news heading into the memorial day weekend. Another bomb shell story from the wraush post. Lets quote from the paper. The post quotes u. S. Officials briefed on this intelligence, this story means the man closest to the president allegedly wanted to talk outside of known u. S. Channels and u. S. Officials know this because they intercepted the Russian Ambassador reporting back home to moscow along with the surprise apparently that the kremlin had been invited in so close potentially to the trump white house. As the post reported quote casey cizkas rgey kislyak. The White House Traveling over seas did not comment on this story as of yet. There was a second report in the Washington Post that says the Senate Intelligence committee is going after everything asking the Trump Organization to turnover quote all of this as we wrap up day 127 of the Trump Administration the president prepares to head home from his first trip over seas, kushne
Administrations dont get a head start. Welcome back to a. M. Joy. Now that donald trump landed back state side after his nine country world tour, hes experiencing a bit of political turbulence. This week the russia investigation got its second wind or third or fourth. Honestly, its easy to lose count at this point. When news broke that Jared Kushner had asked Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak about creating a secret channel of communication between the Trump Transition Team and russia, with kushner officially a person of interest in the investigation and the white house setting up a warroom to combat the endless russiagate news, what happens next . Joining me tnow to discuss this mindboggling week in washington, congresswoman Maxine Waters. Congresswoman, good morning, first of all. Good morning. I should say hello. This morning on meet the press john kelly who is the director of heland security was asked to respond to what people are calling a backchannel. I dont know if its a real ba
At the heart of the fire iing o National Security adviser michael flynn. The post reports flynn was at the meeting when kushner reportedly made this offer. But the president is pushing back and so are several of his top aids. Namely National Security adviser mcmaster. Listen to this briefing with reporters. We have back Channel Communications with them in a number of countries. So generally speaking about back Channel Communications, what that allows you to do is kmoout communicate in a discreet manner. It doesnt predispose you to content. So we would not be concerned about it. Lets begin with jeff zeleny. How is the president responding to all of this . The president is defending his soninlaw. Hes concerned by just a gravity and the deepening nature of this russia investigation. But the president is defending his soninlaw. It sounds like hes doing that for internal divisions inside the west wing here as much as anything else. Lets take a look at this statement that the president gave
York. The breaking news we have been covering on this friday night, heading into the memorial day weekend, another bombshell story in the Washington Post. Lets quote right from the paper. It says, Jared Kushner and russias ambassador to washington discussed the possibility of seth up a secret and of setting up a secret and secure Communications Channel between trumps Transition Team and the kremlin using russian diplomatic facilities in an apparent move to shield their preinauguration discussions from monitoring. The post quotes u. S. Officials briefed on this intelligence. This story means the man closest to the president allegedly wanted to talk outside of known u. S. Channels, and u. S. Officials know this because they intercepted the Russian Ambassador reporting back home to moscow along with the surprise, apparently, that the kremlin had been invited in so close, potentially, to the Trump White House. As the post reports it, quote, ambassador Sergey Kislyak reportedly was taken ab
Paper. It says Jared Kushner and russias ambassador to washington discussed the possibility of setting up a secret and secure channel between trumps Transition Team and the kremlin using russian diplomatic facilities in a move to shield their preinauguration discussions from monitoring. The post quotes officials briefed on this intelligence. This means the man closest to the president allegedly wanted to talk outside of known u. S. Channels and u. S. Officials know this because they intercepted the Russian Ambassador to moscow with the surprise that the kremlin had been invited in so close to the Trump White House. As the post reports, ambassador reportedly was taken aback by the suggestion of allowing an american to use Russian Communications gear at the embassy or consulate that would have carried security risks for moscow as well as the trump team. The White House Traveling overseas did not comment on the story as of yet. There was a second report in the Washington Post that went up